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"Solo: A Star Wars Story" received a 71 percent
positive score on film website Rotten Tomatoes on Tuesday, the
day the first reviews were released. The movie starts rolling
out in international theaters on May 23.
The film endured a rocky path to the screen. Original
co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired midway
through production, and Disney asked Oscar-winning "A Beautiful
Mind" director Ron Howard to come in to oversee extensive
reshoots.
Critics who liked the movie said Howard had succeeded in making
a fun film that should satisfy the franchise's fervent fans.
"While 'Solo' hasn't completely overcome the long odds, those
harboring a love of the franchise should come away, ultimately,
with a good feeling about this," wrote Brian Lowry of CNN.com.
Alden Ehrenreich, 28, stepped into the role of Solo, made famous
by Harrison Ford in the original "Star Wars" trilogy that began
in 1977. Ehrenreich plays a younger Solo at the start of his
pilot training when he becomes involved in a dangerous mission.
Ehrenreich won praise from many critics for making the role his
own without imitating Ford.
"Things do feel shaky at first, but there's spunk to
Ehrenreich's delivery and, once he settles in, a twinkle in his
eye," said Bob Mondello of National Public Radio.
Brian Truitt of USA Today said Ehrenreich "does the character
justice, mainly because he's a different Han than previously
seen."
"This guy's all wide-eyed gumption and smirking confidence - not
the cynic who gets a crash course in the Force later in life,"
Truitt said.
Other critics felt Ehrenreich did not meet the high expectations
for the part.
"In a role that demands greatness, he is, in a word, okay,"
wrote Nick Schager of The Daily Beast, adding that the movie
"sacrifices Han Solo's swagger for a bland origin story."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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